How Has the United States Food and Drug Administration Responded?
To date, the FDA’s enforcement priorities have not focused on individual consumers. Officials have, however, seized shipments of prescription drugs from Canada. On one occasion, officials stopped a shipment from CanadaRx, which is the main pharmacy for the Canadian Drug Reimportation Program sponsored by the Minnesota Senior Federation. No arrests were made. The FDA has sent letters to governmental agencies who sponsor programs and websites that facilitate the purchase of Canadian drugs. A sample of organizations which have received these letters follows. The FDA letters are posted on the website at www.fda.gov FDA Responses to Organizations Promoting Canadian Pharmacies Date 2004 Sponsoring Organization Program/ Action FDA Letter Contents Aug. 20 Mayor of Washington, D.C., Anthony Williams District of Columbia website has link to Minnesota’s RxConnect Concerns about link. Notes deficiencies with Minnesota’s RxConnect selected pharmacies. Aug. 4 Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino Program f
